The Little Senju (Little Senju Series Book One): A Naruto Fanfiction

The Little Senju Leaves the Hospital

???'s POV

Over the past few day's I'd been visiting Izumi in the hospital little by little the color in her face was looking healthier and healthier rather than the pasty white color it had when she'd finished her match, she still hadn't woken up in all that time and I was starting to worry. Her breathing had also returned to a normal rate and did I just see her finger twitch? Slowly her eye lids crept open and I saw her beautiful grey hues, She waking up! I thought excitedly as a grin slowly forced its way onto my cheeks, "How are you?!?" my voice louder than I had intended.

"Your really loud..." she grumbled rubbing her eyes, "Hmm...?" a confused noise escaped her lips, "Your the girl that I fought... Rin Nishimura was it?" I let out an exasperated sigh and placed a hand to my face feeling slightly embarrassed, Girl...? My hair is long, but I don't really look that feminine!... Do I? "More importantly..." Izumi turned her eyes up at me suspiciously, "Why are you in my hospital room? Are you angry because you lost the match?" she smirked, "Not quite fair attacking someone when their not in good condition, right?"

"That wasn't my intention at all!" I insisted desperately, "I was just worried when I heard that you'd been in the hospital since our match got over. I thought that maybe... That maybe I'd hurt you more than I intended!"

"I'm only here because I overexerted myself. Don't go thinking that you could ever hurt me even if you tried your hardest..." her words should have angered me, but for some reason they didn't, "Sorry, that was a bit harsh... Thank you for watching over me... But shouldn't you be heading back home to the hidden rain?"

"Don't worry about that!" I laughed with a smiling rising onto my cheeks once more, "I have permission to stay here, so I can watch you during the final exam!"

"Why would you want to see me?" she stared directly at me with a confused expression, "Shouldn't you be annoyed that I beat you during the preliminaries?"

"Believe me I definitely am!" I laughed again, "You're really strong and I want to see what you can do even more than I already have!"

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Izumi's POV

Why was I so comfortable talking to him...? I pondered as I pulled a bag over my shoulder preparing to depart from the hospital and hopefully get some training in before the final exam of the chunin exams in which was to take place in about a month, We only met during our match...

"Izumi!" a familiar voice called to me and I saw Naruto waving to me from the doorway of the hospital room, "Your awake! Are you leaving today?" he walked over to me.

"Yup, I'm going to head out and get some training in before the final exam!" I cheered with a optimistic fist clench, "Congrats on winning your match by the way!"

"Thank you!" he sang placing his hands behind his head, "Should you really be training as soon as you get out of the hospital though?"

"I'll be fine!" I laughed waving as I left the room, "You should get some training yourself!" I ran from the room only to be stopped by Kakashi Sensei in the lobby, "A letter?" he nodded handing me a pale, white envelope, "Wow..." I remarked with a smile, "I can't believe it... I'll see you later Sensei!"

. . .

"Where could he be...?" I mumbled sighing as I slumped onto a wooden bench, "You'd think he could at least tell me where to meet him..."

"Who're you look for?" a voice asked suddenly and I saw a green-haired boy stood before me, "Can I help?" a hand was extended to me and a friendly smile was donned on his familiar face.

"Rin...? What're you doing here?"

"I thought it might be a bit early that you got out of the hospital, so I thought I'd follow you and make sure you're really okay. Now, who is it that you have to find?"

"Um... I think that's called stalking... Please don't do that again..." I mumbled sweating slightly at his lack of decency, "The one I'm looking for is Pervert-Chan!"

"And you're scolding me for stalking..."

"What's that supposed to mean?!?" I snarled, "Now if your going to help me let's go!"

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Rin's POV

We'd been walking around for around a half hour, but Izumi hadn't even told me what this Pervert-Chan looked like or what their real name might've been. It was growing hot that day and both thirst and hunger had started to slow me down. Izumi gave me a sympathetic look and led me to a small apartment that looked abandoned on the edge of the village.

"Please, come inside!" she beckoned with a smile, "Make yourself at home!" she walked inside toward a silver fridge, "The food will be ready soon, so please be patient!"

"Um... What is this place?" I asked taking note of the sparse furniture, "Where have you taken me?"

She froze in place with her hand on the fridge door, "This is my home. Is it not satisfactory..?" the air became tense, "Would you rather go somewhere else?"

"No, that's not it!" I assured, "I just didn't expect this..." I admitted, "You can't afford to live some place nicer?"

"It's not that I have plenty enough money..." sadness was traced across her features and even in the stiffness of her walking, "This house has many memories within it and I cannot bear to part with them." her face changed after a moment, "Sorry, I don't have much food, but please accept this..." she slid a sandwich and a glass of water in my direction.

After eating I looked for answers about the mystery person that she'd apparently been searching for, "This Pervert-Chan... What's his real name? What is he like?"

"He's a kind, strong person and he sent me letter saying that he was in the village, but he didn't say where we were to meet up." Izumi explained holding envelope, "Now don't freak out, but this person is..." she gave me a hard stare, "This person is Jiraiya of the legendary sannin."